On Rhetoric A Theory of Civic Discourse

, by Aristotle; Kennedy, George A.

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ISBN: 9780195305081 | 0195305086
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/15/2006

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Prooemion

Notes on the Translation

xiv

Introduction

(26)

A. Aristotle's Life and Works

(6)

B. Rhetoric Before Aristotle

(9)

C. Aristotle's Classification of Rhetoric

(1)

D. Aristotle's Original Audience and His Audience Today

(3)

E. The Strengths and Limitations of On Rhetoric

(3)

F. Chapter-by-Chapter Outline of On Rhetoric

(4)

BOOK 1: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address

(84)

BOOK 2: Pisteis, or The Means of Persuasion in Public Address (continued)

111

(82)

BOOK 3: Delivery, Style, and Arrangement

193

(58)

Appendix I: Supplementary Texts

251

(42)

A. Gorgias' Encomium of Helen

251

(5)

B. Socrates' Critique of Sophistic Rhetoric

256

(3)

C. Lysias' Speech Against the Grain Dealers

259

(4)

D. Introduction to Dialectic from Aristotle, Topics 1.1-3

263

(3)

E. Two Selections from Isocrates

266

(3)

1. From Against the Sophists

266

(1)

2. From Antidosis

267

(2)

F. Selections from Rhetoric for Alexander

269

(6)

G. On Word Choice and Metaphor from Aristotle's Poetics

275

(2)

H. Demosthenes' Third Philippic

277

(16)

Appendix II: Supplementary Essays

293

(20)

A. The Earliest Rhetorical Handbooks

293

(13)

B. The History of the Text After Aristotle

306

(7)

Glossary

313

(8)

Bibliography

321

(10)

Index

331

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On Rhetoric A Theory of Civic Discourse

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